The African Union Commission (AUC) will benefit from an US$11.48mn grant from the African Development Fund to strengthen its governance and provide it with institutional support
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BimaLab launched to make insurance more affordable for Nigerians
FSD Africa and Nigeria’s National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) have partnered to launch BimaLab, an accelerator programme designed to boost the development and adoption of digital solutions for the insurance sector
Siemens South Africa and Aspen to enhance vaccine production for Africa
In a joint project, Siemens South Africa, Aspen SA Operations (Pty) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited and Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) have entered into an agreement to enable the use of digital technologies
DPO announces partnership with Bank of Kigali
Leading African digital payments company DPO Group has officially partnered with Bank of Kigali, a leading commercial bank in Rwanda, to onboard eCommerce merchants for the bank
World Bank Group-IMF annual meetings location changed to Washington DC
The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have announced, in consultation with the Kingdom of Morocco, that the planned World Bank Group-IMF annual meetings scheduled to take place in Marrakesh, Morocco, in October 2022 will now take place in Washington D.C.